DevSecOps Application Developer

$61,800 - $115,100/Yr

Pennsylvania State University - State College, PA

Full-time - Entry Level

State College, PA

Educational Services

About the position

The DevSecOps Application Developer position at Penn State University involves working within the Cloud Technology Advancement Department of the Applied Research Laboratory (ARL). The role focuses on designing and implementing secure, automated infrastructure solutions for high-performance computing environments, utilizing Agile software development practices. The position is suitable for motivated individuals who are eager to contribute to DevSecOps functions and collaborate with a team to enhance deployment processes and infrastructure management.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement secure, automated infrastructure solutions for high-performance computing environments through Agile software development.
• Work as part of a team to perform and review pull requests, unit tests, and documentation as needed.
• Maintain continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines for frequent, trouble-free deployments of infrastructure code.
• Configure and optimize various compute resources and networks, including bare metal and virtualized/container environments.
• Provide demonstrations of work to the internal team and occasionally to external customers.
• Coordinate with the Agile team to identify risks, issues, requirements, and design solutions for project-level activities.

Requirements

• Knowledge of DevSecOps tools and practices.
• Linux-based infrastructure/system administration knowledge.
• Experience with infrastructure/automation via scripting languages like Ansible or Puppet.
• Interest in Cloud-Native Computing Foundation tools like Kubernetes.
• Skills in continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipeline development.
• Proven troubleshooting skills with the ability to spot issues before they become problems.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with RHEL 8.x or newer.
• Familiarity with bare metal workstation, server, and data center hardware and software.
• Configuration management experience via Git, Bitbucket, or GitLab.
• Experience with container/orchestration technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes, Rancher, or other scaled Kubernetes environments.
• Well-organized, independent, and ready to work.

Benefits

• Diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives.
• Opportunities for professional development and growth.